Kenneth Chan Ka-lok ( zh, t=陳家洛) (born 12 June 1968) was an elected member of the

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from 2012 until 2016. representing the

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. He was the chairman of the Hong Kong

Civic Party The Civic Party (CP) was a pro-democracy camp, pro-democracy liberalism in Hong Kong, liberal political party from March 2006 to May 2023 in Hong Kong. The party was formed in 2006 on the basis of the Article 45 Concern Group, Basic Law Ar ...

. He is an associate professor in

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a public Liberal arts education, liberal arts university with a Christian ethics, Christian education heritage in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The university was established as Hong Kong Baptist ...

. His research interests include the political economy of the European Union and comparative politics of post-communist Central Europe.Webb-site.com – Chan, Kenneth Ka Lok
/ref> Chan married his wife Gabi in 1995. Gabi is

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. They have four daughters and one son. Chan also is a Roman Catholic.

Academic record

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(Government and Public Administration) with Honours at the

Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public university, public research university in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Established in 1963 as a federation of three university college, collegesChung Chi College, New Asia Coll ...

, 1990 *

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in Politics at

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, 1992 * Doctor of Philosophy in Politics at

Nuffield College, Oxford Nuffield College () is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is a graduate college specialising in the social sciences, particularly economics, politics and sociology. N ...

, 1998

References

External links

HKBU Staff Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Kenneth, Ka-lok Leaders of political parties Living people Civic Party politicians 1968 births Hong Kong Roman Catholics HK LegCo Members 2012–2016 Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Alumni of St Peter's College, Oxford Alumni of Nuffield College, Oxford Academic staff of Hong Kong Baptist University Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017